Overview

• Speaking in Copenhagen, Pedro Sánchez said the government will present the General State Budgets and fulfill its constitutional duty despite the lapsed Article 134 deadline.
• Media analyses report a high likelihood that Spain will have to extend the current 2023 accounts into 2026 given the thin arithmetic and coalition strains.
• Sánchez said he is seeking a majority with “humility” and dialogue, even as recent defeats and tensions with Junts and Podemos complicate approval.
• The opposition Partido Popular is preparing a Constitutional Court challenge over the missed submission deadline, according to ABC reporting.
• In Castilla y León, the regional government insists it will register its 2026 budget by October 15 “in time and form,” a pledge opposition parties publicly doubt after last year’s aborted presentation and without a finalized spending cap.